…roof on the side of the Blacksmith’s Shop Erigeron ‘See Breeze’ on Monica’s garden wall. Erigeron ‘See Breeze’ Alison’s potted display at the Top Lodge as good as ever. Alison’s…

…colour mix close up but not so eye-catching. Looks pretty straggly even in a large pot as here. Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’ Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’ 2015 – CHW Yesterday we got…

…CHW All you can say about this week’s record UK temperatures is that thankfully they have not applied to Cornwall. Overcast with sea mist and a good westerly breeze.Two flowers…

…now multi-stemmed. Eucryphia ‘Nymansay’ towards Tin Garden 2024 – CHW Amazing to see Erythrina crista-galli in full flower in a garden just inland from Seaview. Very early in the year…

…the sea magnolias by the sea magnolias in the sea magnolias in the sea The two vases used on the beach all ended up in one superb vase of flowers…

…x Betty Jessel First Love cylindrica Hohman J.C. Williams x Apollo John Bond Katja Landner Lilac Chalice virginiana Ludoviciana Melon Sky Peter Dummer Purple Breeze Purple Eye Purple Star Rose…

…special. Magnolia soulangeana ‘Rubriflora’ Abies forrestii – well worth trying at home. Abies forrestii Tilia endochrysea with half sized leaf. Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea Sassafras albidum – this extraordinary spreading/suckering…

…2022 on poor soil with deer fencing and a watering system. Here Tilia endochrysea. Tilia endochrysea Three Cryptomeria japonica ‘Golden Promise’ getting going. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Golden Promise’ New growth on…

…is a strong offshore breeze and its not yet stifling? Romneya coulteri and Hemerocallis ‘Stella d’Oro’. Romneya coulteri and Hemerocallis ‘Stella d’Oro’ Romneya coulteri full out but flopping about in…

…state of the wall today. stone wall sea defences stone wall sea defences stone wall sea defences stone wall sea defences stone wall sea defences The second Camellia sasanqua is…

…direction can be misleading. However I rang some our staff to see what was happening out to sea as we have seen it all before and sea rescues do not…

…Devon to view the £27m project on the River Otter near Budleigh Salterton built by Clinton Devon Estates and the Environmental Agency. The sea had been kept out of the…

…flat. pampas grass The sea is positively evil. The sea The sea But Tamarix ramoisissima flowers away regardless. It is the only autumn flowering species of the three which Burncoose…

…Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ this year. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ A very good flesh red form of Lapageria rosea. Lapageria rosea A very early unnamed Camellia japonica opposite the two Magnolia x…

…Belle’ The very last flower on Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ 2023 – CHW The Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ is only now full out by the side…

…Euonymus japonicus ‘Marieke’. Trachelospermum jasminoides Euonymus japonicus ‘Marieke’. 2024 – CHW Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) getting away well only 2 years after planting. Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) Still not a…

…about a month earlier than usual. Lapageria ‘Flesh Pink’ Ditto the elderly Lapageria rosea beside it. Lapageria rosea A very drought ridden and now dead Hydrangea villosa. Hydrangea villosa This…

…transpires that it hits Scotland and not Cornwall. Sea view Sea view The seed on hedychium is certainly impressive. The pheasants do not seem interested so perhaps poisonous. seed on…

…of crisis! gutter valley 2019 – CHW Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ with its last flower. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ Lapageria rosea with its last flower. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Amazingly…

…today in a southerly gale. Rough seas The new water tanks in the garden are starting to fill. Tanks filling 2021 – CHW A very dark and threatening sea on…